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The Drive to Sing Documentary Screening

and Q&A with filmmakers Bryce and Kathryn Denney

2023-03-11 14:00:00 2023-03-11 15:30:00 America/New_York The Drive to Sing Documentary Screening Enjoy this uplifting documentary about the importance of making music together. Memorial Hall Library - Memorial Hall

Saturday, March 11
2:00pm - 3:30pm

Add to Calendar 2023-03-11 14:00:00 2023-03-11 15:30:00 America/New_York The Drive to Sing Documentary Screening Enjoy this uplifting documentary about the importance of making music together. Memorial Hall Library - Memorial Hall

Memorial Hall Library

Memorial Hall

Enjoy this uplifting documentary about the importance of making music together.

Through the unique lens of pandemic "car choirs", the film follows the story of choirs finding a way to sing safely during the pandemic and showcases beautiful choral music recorded in very unusual places. Featuring choruses in Massachusetts, New Jersey, Wisconsin, and Alberta, this inspirational film won 4 awards at film festivals in 2022. It is family-friendly and resonates with anyone who has sung in a choir.

When the COVID-19 pandemic forced musical activities to shut down in March 2020, singers searched for ways to stay connected when they could not be in the same room together. Online solutions such as Zoom helped groups socially, but did not allow a choir to rehearse and perform together. Several tech-savvy musicians turned to old-school audio technology to organize parking lot choirs, with each singer safely isolated in their own car. The idea spread through social media across the US and Canada, and reached the attention of the New York Times, the Today Show, and NPR. "The Drive to Sing" is a feature-length documentary that tells the story of parking lot choirs, the cast of characters who worked together to develop and refine it, and the choruses who kept their musical communities active during this time of fear and isolation.

Musicians Bryce and Kathryn Denney were among the first to try a choir in cars. They started with four singers in their driveway, so they called it a "driveway choir." Through online collaborations, they teamed up with David Newman and others who refined the idea and taught the world how to do it. During the pandemic, the Denneys traveled all around Massachusetts, helping many choirs to sing together using audio technology, at a time when it was unsafe for choirs to sing in person any other way. As pandemic restrictions eased, they began interviewing musicians, filming choirs in action, and asking for footage. In May 2021, they began work with Boston-area filmmaker Justin Lahue. After filming in summer 2021 and post-production in the fall, "The Drive to Sing" was completed in December 2021. The film runs 76 minutes. Find out more about this documentary at thedrivetosing.com

Director: Bryce Denney
Producer: Kathryn Denney
Associate Producer: Justin Lahue
Narrator: Russell J. Gannon

Registration is appreciated, but not required. This program is sponsored by the Friends of Memorial Hall Library

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Library Program--Adults |

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